leu·ko·tax·ine (l  k -t k s n, -s n)n. A crystalline nitrogenous material produced in injured, acutely degenerating tissue and found in inflammatory exudates that increases the permeability of capillaries and the migration of white blood cells. |
leukotaxine (loo´kōtak´sin),
n a substance that appears when tissue is injured and can be removed from inflammatory exudates. Increases capillary permeability and the diapedesis of leukocytes.
leukotaxine
a polypeptide that appears in injured tissue and inflammatory exudates; it promotes leukocytosis and leukotaxis and increases capillary permeability.
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